SA bordering on rogue diplomacy‚ says Pityana Save SA leader and businessman Sipho Pityana on Saturday charged that South Africa was bordering on rogue diplomacy and propagating impunity for perpetrators of war crimes and human rights abuses. As a nation that had once held moral authority in the world and commanded tremendous respect‚ South Africa was now as discredited as the leader it continued to keep at the helm -- with disastrous consequences‚ he asserted. Pityana was speaking in Pretoria at the funeral service for the late Kenyan academic Professor Rok Ajulu. Ajula‚ who was married to Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu‚ died on Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. In his tribute to Ajula‚ Pityana said his biggest take away from the Kenyan academic’s life was that he was an internationalist who truly understood the concept of international solidarity – “and deployed it with admirable altruism‚ generosity and dedication”. Pityana questioned whether South Africa c...
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